Data Cleansing Contracts

Data Cleansing (Data Cleaning, Data Scrubbing)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Data Cleansing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Cleansing over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 346 435
Rank change year-on-year +8 +89 +62
Contract jobs citing Data Cleansing 194 258 264
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.64% 0.59% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.70% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 175 172
10th Percentile £316 £325 £325
25th Percentile £400 £403 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £610
90th Percentile £659 £670 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 7
10th Percentile £16.36 £15.84 £15.94
25th Percentile £20.10 £17.30 £16.40
Median hourly rate £32.31 £19.61 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +64.72% +3.22% -10.25%
75th Percentile £58.28 £25.65 £21.33
90th Percentile £65.00 £31.86 £22.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.22 £16.49 £19.00
% change year-on-year +10.49% -13.21% -32.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Data Cleansing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,473 37,081 49,734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 91.06% 85.12% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,374 23,644 34,319
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,294 2,582 1,699
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.65 £11.45
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.06 £15.83
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £54.56 £61.30 £64.50
90th Percentile £70.92 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.83 £38.12 £32.50
% change year-on-year -34.86% +17.29% +54.76%

Data Cleansing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Cleansing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Cleansing in the UK

Data Cleansing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Cleansing.

Daily rate trend for Data Cleansing in the UK

Data Cleansing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Cleansing over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Cleansing in the UK

Data Cleansing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Cleansing.

Hourly rate trend for Data Cleansing in the UK

Data Cleansing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Cleansing over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Cleansing in the UK

Data Cleansing
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Cleansing within the UK over the 6 months to 25 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +19 164 £525 +5.00% 273
London +4 87 £513 +5.13% 169
UK excluding London +22 75 £525 +5.00% 132
Work from Home +24 73 £500 +11.11% 152
South East +50 24 £538 +22.86% 43
North of England +1 19 £500 +5.26% 23
North West -10 16 £500 +5.26% 12
Midlands +12 12 £400 -9.91% 18
Scotland +6 10 £475 -9.52% 8
West Midlands +6 8 £425 -10.57% 9
South West +43 7 £450 -29.43% 16
East of England +18 4 £605 +42.24% 19
East Midlands +4 4 £400 +4.58% 9
Yorkshire +2 3 - - 9
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5

Data Cleansing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.64%) Apache Spark
2 7 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.55%) Apache
3 3 (1.55%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) Smallworld
Applications
1 21 (10.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.58%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.06%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (8.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.12%) Oracle EBS R12
2 8 (4.12%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (3.61%) Oracle Assets
3 7 (3.61%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.55%) NEC Housing
5 2 (1.03%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.03%) SAP MDG
5 2 (1.03%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.52%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.52%) Raiser’s Edge
6 1 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.52%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.52%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.52%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.52%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.52%) SAP POS DM
6 1 (0.52%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 29 (14.95%) Power Platform
2 22 (11.34%) AWS
3 18 (9.28%) Azure
4 10 (5.15%) Amazon S3
4 10 (5.15%) AWS Lambda
4 10 (5.15%) GCP
4 10 (5.15%) Serverless
5 9 (4.64%) SaaS
6 8 (4.12%) Snowflake
7 7 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (3.09%) OCI
9 5 (2.58%) dbt
10 4 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.55%) Anthropic Claude
11 3 (1.55%) Azure AI
11 3 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.55%) Azure Machine Learning
11 3 (1.55%) Google Gemini
11 3 (1.55%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.03%) Cloud Composer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.52%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (14.95%) Power BI
2 24 (12.37%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (6.19%) Big Data
3 12 (6.19%) Tableau
4 11 (5.67%) Metadata
5 8 (4.12%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.61%) Hadoop
6 7 (3.61%) SAP Data Services
7 6 (3.09%) SQL Server
8 5 (2.58%) Amazon Athena
8 5 (2.58%) Data Lake
8 5 (2.58%) GIS
8 5 (2.58%) Oracle Database
8 5 (2.58%) Power Query
9 4 (2.06%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.55%) BigQuery
10 3 (1.55%) Data Mining
10 3 (1.55%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.55%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (3.61%) Git
2 6 (3.09%) ERwin
3 5 (2.58%) JIRA
3 5 (2.58%) LSMW
4 4 (2.06%) PowerDesigner
5 2 (1.03%) GitLab
5 2 (1.03%) MagicDraw
6 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (39.18%) Social Skills
2 63 (32.47%) Finance
3 52 (26.80%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (7.22%) Manufacturing
4 14 (7.22%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.67%) Banking
6 10 (5.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.12%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.61%) Local Government
8 7 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.61%) Retail
9 5 (2.58%) Marketing
10 4 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.06%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.06%) Legal
11 2 (1.03%) Automotive
11 2 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 66 (34.02%) Analyst
2 53 (27.32%) Data Analyst
3 25 (12.89%) Consultant
4 20 (10.31%) Data Engineer
5 19 (9.79%) Lead
6 17 (8.76%) Senior
7 15 (7.73%) Data Consultant
8 7 (3.61%) Business Analyst
8 7 (3.61%) Data Manager
8 7 (3.61%) Data Migration Analyst
8 7 (3.61%) Data Migration Consultant
8 7 (3.61%) Data Migration Lead
8 7 (3.61%) Migration Analyst
8 7 (3.61%) Migration Consultant
9 6 (3.09%) Data Scientist
9 6 (3.09%) Programme Manager
9 6 (3.09%) SAP Analyst
9 6 (3.09%) SAP Consultant
9 6 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (2.58%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.61%) TensorFlow
2 4 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.06%) Pandas
2 4 (2.06%) PySpark
2 4 (2.06%) PyTorch
2 4 (2.06%) scikit-learn
2 4 (2.06%) XML
3 3 (1.55%) NumPy
3 3 (1.55%) SAP PI
4 2 (1.03%) JSON
4 2 (1.03%) Matplotlib
4 2 (1.03%) Plotly
4 2 (1.03%) React
5 1 (0.52%) BAPI
5 1 (0.52%) HTML
5 1 (0.52%) Middleware
5 1 (0.52%) OLE
5 1 (0.52%) Prophet
5 1 (0.52%) Shiny
5 1 (0.52%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.25%) Data Structures
2 15 (7.73%) Algorithms
3 14 (7.22%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (4.64%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.61%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.06%) NHS
7 3 (1.55%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.55%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.03%) IoT
9 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.52%) CMDB
9 1 (0.52%) EPoS
9 1 (0.52%) LIMS
9 1 (0.52%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.52%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.52%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (50.52%) Migration
2 67 (34.54%) Data Migration
2 67 (34.54%) Validation
3 45 (23.20%) Business Intelligence
4 44 (22.68%) Data Analysis
5 43 (22.16%) Data Governance
6 40 (20.62%) Data Modelling
7 39 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (19.59%) ETL
9 35 (18.04%) Analytics
10 33 (17.01%) Data Management
11 29 (14.95%) Visualisation
12 27 (13.92%) Data Mapping
13 26 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (12.37%) Data Validation
14 24 (12.37%) ERP
14 24 (12.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 23 (11.86%) Data Transformation
15 23 (11.86%) Machine Learning
16 22 (11.34%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 85 (43.81%) SQL
2 43 (22.16%) Python
3 8 (4.12%) R
4 5 (2.58%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.58%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.06%) VBA
6 3 (1.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.55%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.55%) Scala
6 3 (1.55%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.52%) ABAP
7 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.52%) C#
7 1 (0.52%) Java
7 1 (0.52%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (11.34%) Degree
2 11 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (4.64%) Security Cleared
4 8 (4.12%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.06%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.55%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.55%) CBAP
7 3 (1.55%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.03%) PhD
8 2 (1.03%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.03%) PMP
9 1 (0.52%) AAT
9 1 (0.52%) ACCA
9 1 (0.52%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (37.11%) Data Quality
2 10 (5.15%) QA
3 8 (4.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (3.61%) SLA
5 5 (2.58%) GDPR
6 3 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.03%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (1.03%) GAAP
8 1 (0.52%) COBIT
8 1 (0.52%) GRC
8 1 (0.52%) IFRS
8 1 (0.52%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.52%) NIST
8 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.52%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (2.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.61%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.06%) CEMLI
3 2 (1.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (19.07%) SAP
2 30 (15.46%) Oracle
3 29 (14.95%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.12%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.09%) Databricks
5 6 (3.09%) Google
6 5 (2.58%) Informatica
7 4 (2.06%) Alteryx
8 3 (1.55%) Ariba
8 3 (1.55%) Liquidlogic
8 3 (1.55%) NEC
9 2 (1.03%) Adobe
9 2 (1.03%) Cognos
9 2 (1.03%) OpenText
10 1 (0.52%) Capita
10 1 (0.52%) ESRI
10 1 (0.52%) NCR
10 1 (0.52%) PeopleSoft
10 1 (0.52%) QAD
10 1 (0.52%) Toshiba